Robber Barons/Corruption
Who was a Scottish-American industrialist known for expanding the American steel industry?
Andrew Carnegie
Who exposed poor living conditions in his photographs?
Jacob Riis
What organization was created in 1909 to end racial discrimination and achieve equality?
NAACP
What country was the primary focus of the Open Door Policy?
China
Who was becoming more aggressive in its efforts to expand in the late 19th century?
United States
Which American banker dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation?
J.P. Morgan
What book exposed meat-packing plants' conditions?
The Jungle
What law was passed thanks to the exposure of meat-packing plants in Upton Sinclair's book?
Pure Food and Drug Act
What did the US expect from the Open Door Policy?
Equal trade opportunities with China
What document allowed the US to interfere in Cuban affairs?
Platt Amendment
Who founded the Standard Oil Company and created a monopoly in the oil industry?
How did the Progressive Era aim to address the problems of the Gilded Age?
Change laws to address corruption, inequality, and child labor
With what industry did the Populists compete with to control pricing and the transportation of the goods farmers produced?
Railroads
Which US President is most closely associated with Dollar Diplomacy?
William Taft
What is a country expanding, gaining new territories, and increasing power and influence politically and economically called?
Imperialism
Who ran the corrupt "Tweed Ring" in New York City?
Boss Tweed
Why was the passage of the 19th Amendment significant for American democracy?
Gave women the right to vote
What people uncovered corruption and social injustices?
Muckrakers
Encouraged US businesses to invest in Latin America to maintain American influence and control in the region.
What policy said the US had a right to intervene in Latin American affairs?
Roosevelt Corollary
How did Theodore Roosevelt's "trust-busting" efforts impact big businesses during his presidency?
Broke up large corporations to promote competition
Who fought for better working conditions and better pay?
Labor unions
Who did Progressives want to fix social injustices in the United States?
The government through laws
What territories did the US gain after the Spanish-American War?
Guam, The Philippines (for $20 million), Puerto Rico, Guantanamo Bay in Cuba
What country did the United States support a rebellion against in Panama so the US could take control of the land to build the Panama Canal?
Colombia